ملف رقم ٩٤٨ لسنة ١٩٠٩ "بلاد فارس: الوضع في الجنوب؛ حالة الطرق. الهجوم على السيد بيل. برنامج حرس الطرق". [ظ‎‎٤‎٤] (٧٤٤/٩٣)

+ -t-Viat fVip increase of the cnstoms in
With regard to your Ex ceUen c y s 8teten»eW h^ I ha the ^ tQ dr
“ Takaeoui-il ” 1909-10 concern the north an ge in the northern cnstoms is only
yonr attention to the iactthatthecause^th^ and has n0 connect i on wlt h the
due to the importation of a ia g q . , „ -p v ‘
general trade of the country. . Fxcellency’s note that the receipts of Bushire
As to the statement made m Y . 1908-9, and that likewise the receipts of
last year were less than those of ^ prions to that, I have the honour to
iPichil-iB 1908-9 were much less than the ye 1 . ^ les on tiie other hand,
mfonn you that although the customs ports were doubled. ^ Therefore,
however, the customs receipts o should he taken into consideration m their
the whole trade of the southern P°£ S il( ?T^ formed 0 f the trade of the south. Under
entirety in order that a pr°P er ^ ea shonH be f . { co ed t0 t h e customs receipts
these circumstances, it « perfectly clear that mentioned in my note show a
of the last three years, those receipts ol tne n
palpable improvement. increase in the first five months of the present year,
With respect, however to the increase 1 nt year was an exceptional^
regarding which you Bteted that^the harves^ ^ ^ ndance of the harvest can only
abundant one, I have th p^-norts and not from imports. .
; affect the receipts accruing fro^xports antt ^ Bushire cust s have increased
Regarding your statement that the receip t p at although an increase
hy 12 per cental do not. think it -f^X ofTefnl taken into account, and that
of 12 per cent, is a cons^erahle one andjvorthy co f ntries is a pr oof of a progress
such an increase m the c t T“®Xnf receipts of Bushire are much in excess of 12 per
in trade, the increase m the custo J t akagoui-il” was 20,943 tomans, which ma.kes
cent., since the increase 0 1 i |. a ] ie die customs receipts on imports mto
a difference of 20 per cent If we ..‘Xgoui-i! ” is 25,412 tomans, which gives
consideration the increase of it-il , \\ at f in view o{ these facts your Excellency
wXg^Uiuhegerral trade of the south has not suffered and has even increase
and p R r :iSg z th 0 e £ rtiSsrSni aS
Government is grateful for the frl ®“ t “ e p ers i an Government to the perfection
view of the supreme importanceattach^l by thettersm ^ & schemeb y
| ~ no is rsss
\ iShSSS ”r the effective expenditure of this money will be
^SSTcy-s note, I Have the honour to
uuh r j r t -u e 2lst October. „ . ^